Ron Ridenour on Cuba. Reading from
the Left is pleased to provide two complete books by noted author Ron
Ridenour. Cuba at Sea
(2008) is a unique account of his experience working on Cuban merchant
ships. Cuba: Beyond the
Crossroads (2007) is a first-hand account of the state of the
revolution, before and after Fidel Castro's retirement.

Ideas for
the Struggle by Marta Harnecker translated by Federico Fuentes.
Publisher: Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal

The
Path to Human Development: Capitalism or Socialism?
(PDF 366 KB) by Michael
A. Lebowitz. If we
believe in people, if we believe that the goal of a human society must
be that of ensuring overall human development, our choice is clear:
socialism or barbarism. (Socialist Project)

Marx,
Engels and Darwin (PDF 609
KB) by Ian Angus. How Darwin's theory of
evolution conformed and extended the most fundamental concepts of
Marxism. (Socialist Voice)

Can the
Working Class Make a Socialist Revolution?(PDF 614 KB)By Ernest Mandel and George Novack.
Marxists have always argued that
the working class is the decisive agency of radical social change, but
this proposition has repeatedly been challenged from both the left and
the right. (Resistance Books)

Cuba: How the
Workers & Peasants
Made the Revolution(PDF 418 KB)by Chris Slee. Was the Cuban revolution made 'from above' by a handful of
guerrilla fighters? This
account of Cuban revolutionary history argues that workers and peasants
played a critical role before, during and after the
overthrow of the dictatorship. (Resistance Books)